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Hong Kong Teachers Union Decides to Shut Down
“Very Saddening,” the union’s president says. He’s right.
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How to Improve Teaching After the Pandemic
It’s wholly possible for schools to figure out how to leverage staff more effectively; it’s just not the way teachers’ work has traditionally been organized.
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Break Up Urban School Districts
Smaller districts would give parents a better shot at prevailing over teachers unions.
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A Rolling National Teacher Strike Is Why Schools Are Closed
Context isn’t just coronavirus, but years of union activism and potential for tens of billions in federal funds from Biden.
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Have Parents Turned Against Teachers Unions? Not Yet, Our Survey Shows
Backlash related to school closures fails to materialize, at least so far.
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Day After Inauguration, Biden Welcomes Teachers Union Leaders to White House
“I know how hard it is. I am teaching hybrid this semester myself,” says first lady Dr. Jill Biden
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“School-Opening Extortion” Comes to Montgomery County, Maryland
"Teachers’ legitimate interest in risk-mitigation in the workplace does not extend to shutting down other people’s schools."
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SEC Announces $40 million Settlement in Florida Teacher Pension Case
“Fraud or deceit” in a case involving a money manager’s payments to a for-profit company owned by teachers unions
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Randi Weingarten’s Finest Hour
The teachers union leader signs a letter warning of a growing risk of “ideological conformity” in the post-George Floyd racial reckoning.
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Professionalizing Teaching and Winning the Salary Wars
‘Grand bargain’ would feature higher pay and increased accountability.
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